NEW-YORK— AS IT IS ;

BEING THE COUNTERPART

OF THE

METROPOLIS OF AMERICA

"Alme Sol, eurru nitido diem qui
Fromis. et celas ; aliusque. et idem
Nasceris ; possis nihil urbe Roma
Viserc maius !"

Hor.

NEW-YORK :
PRINTED BY JOHN P. PRALL,

NO. 9 SPRUCE STREET,
1849.

Notice is hereby given to the inhabitants of the United States that the
recently constructed

CARVED MODEL

OF J

\mW°Y©mK & !H®©!KILTOg

EXECUTED BY

E. PORTER BELDEN,

WITH ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ASSISTANTS,

Is intended to be exhibited in the various Cities of the Union.

THIS MODEL IS A PERFECT PIECE OF 11 I t II A M s U,

Representing every building and other object in the city. It was construct-
ed at a cost exceeding

$20,000 !

OVER THE WHOLE MODEL IS AN

ESQisrasiB (DMf®inr

Of Carved and Ornamental Work in Gothic ,ir-

chitcctnrc,
Representing in the finest Oil Painting
The leading- Business Establishments of the City.

A Work entitled,

NEW-YORK— PAST, PRESENT, and FUTURE,

BY E. PORTER BELDEN, M.A.j

PROJECTOR OF THE MODEL OF NEW-YORK,

Has just been issued from the Press, for which the undersigned is the
accredited agent. It contains, as its title imports, a History of New-
York, with any interesting incidents that have occurred during it rise and
progress, a description of its present condition, business, commerce, fu-
ture prospects, &c.

For sale by the undersigned and the principal booksellers throughout the
United States and Canadas.

R. A. BA.CHIAS

SPLENDID LITHOGRAPHIC

Bird's-Eye View of the Empire City,

Also for sale by

GEORGE PRIOR,
Superintendent of the Model of New- York.

Ex HGtbris

SEYMOUR DURST

When you leave, please leave this book

Because it has been said
"Ever'tbing comes t' him who waits

Except a loaned book."

Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Gift of Seymour B. Durst Old York Library

ACTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL

RELATIVE TO THE MODEL OF NEW-YORK.

It will be seen by the following preamble and resolution that this work
is exhibited under the sanction of the city authorities.

" Whereas, the Mayor and Common Council of this city have visited
and inspected the Model of New- York, executed by E. Porter Belden,
Esq. which visit and inspection have proved in the highest degree satis-
factory, therefore

" ResUyed, That, in the opinion of the Common Council, this work of art
is a very correct, faithful, and beautiful delineation of our city, and forms
a noble monument to the taste and genius of its projector; and that the
Common Council commend the same to the favorable notice of the au-
thorities of other countries, as conveying a just and correct idea of our
city, its situation, buildings, public grounds, &c. &c.

" Adopted by the Board of Aldermen, October 26, 1846.

"Adopted by the Board of Assistants, Nov. 9, 1S46.

"Approved by the Mayor, Nov. 11, 1846.

"D. C. VALENTINE,
" Clerk of Com. Coun. of N. Y."

CIRCULAR OF THE EDITORS OF NEW- YORK,

ADDRESSED TO THE EDITORS OF

REVIEWS, MAGAZINES AND NEWSPAPERS THROUGHOUT THE

UNION.

New- York, 5th May, 1847:
"The Editors and Proprietors of the following journals, published in
the city of New- York, take this method of introducing the Model of this
city, by E. Porter Belden, Esq., to the notice of the editors of Reviews,
Magazines, and Newspapers, throughout the Union. This work, con
structed with great care and expense, is, what it professes to be, a most
accurate miniature in wood of our metropolis. As a work of art and
mechanical skill, it is of the highest order. It cannot be placed upon
the level of a map or painting; for it goes much farther, and, without
aiming at a ficticious effect, presents nature itself upon a reduced scale,
so that we seem to be gazing upon the actual city and surrounding waters.
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The business and commerce of New- York can be better seen by a casual
inspection of this Model, than by days spent in actually visiting the
business localities of the city. This great work has met with the most
flattering reception in our city, and we rejoice that we can assure our
friends throughout the country, that by extending to it the favorable in-
fluence of their respective journals, they will lend their aid to a work of
the greatest genius, thereby advancing the cause of science and art."

Freeman Hunt, Editor and Proprietor of the Merchants' Magazine.

Thomas P. Kettell, Editor and Prop, of the Democratic Review.

Geo. H. Colton, Ed. and Prop, of the American Review.

Lewis Gaylord Clark, Editor of the Knickerbocker Magazine.

John Allen, Proprietor of Knickerbocker Magazine.

Wm. H. Starr, Ed. and Prop, of the Eureka, or Journal of the So-
ciety of Inventors, and the Farmer and Mechanic.

Hale & Hallock, Eds. and Prop, of the Journal of Commerce.

Jas. Watson Webb, Ed. and Prop, of the Courier and Enquirer.

Robert A. West, Ed. Commercial Advertiser, for Francis Hall, now
in Europe.

Townsend & Brooks, Eds. and Prop, of the New-York Express.
William C. Bryant & Co. Eds. and Prop, of the Evening Post.
Frederic Hudson, Ed. N. Y. Herald, for Jas. Gordon Bennett now in
Europe.

M. S. & A. E. Beach, Eds. and Prop, of the New- York Sun.
Dinsmore & Morrill, Eds and Prop, of the True Sun.
H. Fuller, Ed. and Prop, of the Evening Mirror

The following Commendation has received the signatures of
THOUSANDS OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIZENS,
including the officers of the city government, in its various departments,
artists, architects, the clergy of the city, and professional and business men
generally.

"The undersigned, having examined the Model of New- York, by E.
Porter Belden, are highly pleased with the result, and have no hesitation in
pronouncing it to be, so far as their knowledge extends, a most accurate
and beautiful representation, as well as a work that deserves the attention
of the whole civilized world."

This commendation, with its thousands of signatures, is open for in-
spection at the exhibition room.

CIRCULAR OF THE CLERGY OF NEW-YORK,
addressed to the
CLERGY THROUGHOUT THE UNION.

** We, members of the clerical profession, satisfied of the accuracy and
the high character of the Model of this city, constructed by Mr. E. Porter

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Belden and his assistants, do hereby recommend it to the clergy generally
as a work of genius, and as belonging to that class of exhibitions which,
deserve the attention of the religious community, that they may supersede
the frivolous and immoral amusements prevalent throughout the country."

(Signed by the Clergy of various denominations.)

CIRCULAR OF THE CLERGY AND TEACHERS OF NEW- YORK,

addressed to

THOSE INTERESTED IN THE EDUCATION OF YOUTH
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

" The undersigned, clergy and teachers of the city of New- York,
would hereby commend to the notice of those interested in the education
of vouth, the Model of New- York, as a work calculated to exalt and re-
fine the mind, and to communicate at the same time, interesting and
valuable information. The minds of the rising generation, eager for
amusement, can, with great profit, be directed to those works that will in-
crease their taste for science and art, and cause them to reflect upon what
has been accomplished by human genius: and surely no work can better
produce this result, than a perfect miniature of the Metropolis of our Re-
public, portraying, with the accuracy of science, and the beauty of art,
the labor of two centuries — the business, the commerce, and the residence
of half a million of souls."

(Signed by Teachers and the Clergymen of the various denominations.)

The following is an extract from the Communication of Prof. O. W.
Morris, of the New-York Deap & Dumb Institution, published in the
leading daily papers of New- York, in September, 1846.

Inst, for Deaf and Dumb, Sept. 15, 1846.

" Do the people of New-York know of the unparalleled Model that is
in their midst, in which every public building, every house, and I might
say, every shanty is faithfully represented ? * *

" It fell to my lot, a few days since, to accompany there some of the
pupils of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in this city, and if any
thing more were wanting to convince me of the truthfulness of the Model,
than my own observation, I should have been satisfied by seeing these
children of nature, with their eloquent manner and speaking looks, point
out place after place and building after building, and indicate their plea-
sure by calling the attention of each other to them.

" The architecture of the public buildings is faithfully represented, even
to the stained glass in the windows of the churches. The lamp posts had
nearly escaped my observation, when I saw them pointed out by a very
intelligent boy, to a young lady with an expression of satisfaction, that
even in the minutia, all was correct." * * *

(Signed) 0 W. MORRIS.

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HISTORY OF THE MODEL.

The construction of the

MODEL OF NEW- YORK

Was a most unpremeditated enterprise. Its origin is to be traced to a
few experiments in architectural representation, entirely unconnected with
any purpose of public exhibition, which led to large and unexpected ex-
penditures, and in the progress of which certain facilities in producing
copies of the objects desired were developed, and many inventions foi
expediting the different operations of the work devised. The time and
expense devoted to the object were disproportioned to the value of the
end attained. It became apparent that neither reimbursement, nor value
to society, could attend the employment of the experience acquired, unles?
directed to a more important object. The construction in model of the
great emporium of America, presented peculiar claims to this notice.
The undertaking was determined on. The first blow of the work was
struck in July, 1S45. In the same month of the succeeding year, a
duplicate of New- York- was thrown open to the inspection of its citizens.*

The Model of New- York thus completed, was far different from the
Model of New-York at first devised. A representation of the general
appearance of the prominent structures was aimed at : a perfect fac timile
of every building in the city was produced. A few weeks it was thought
would afford sufficient time for the accomplishment of the object : more
than a year was consumed. Twenty or thirty men were deemed a suffi-
cient force to employ: the number commenced with about twenty, and
gradually increased to more than one hundred and fifty. A few thousand
dollars, it was supposed, would complete the work : more than $20,000
were expended.

* The work was not entirely completed for some months subsequent to this date.

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After the entire completion of the work, a meeting of the artists and
others who had been employed in its prosecution was held in the Minerva
Rooms, Broadway. Reporters of a large part of the daily press were pre-
sent on this occasion, who prepared and published in the several papers
with which they were connected, minute accounts of the proceedings ol
this meeting, which were subsequently copied by all the journals of
note in the vicinity. As these proceedings refer to many details connected
with the progress and subdivision of the work, and give a list of the in-
dividuals employed in the various departments, we will insert the report
as it appeared in the principa journals, and thus close this brief sketch of
the history of the Model of New-York.

From the

Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer, Nov. 9, 1846.
New- York Journal of Commerce, Nov. 11, 1846
and the other leading journals of New New- York of contiguous dates.

" GREAT MEETING OF ARTISTS.
" At a meeting of the artists and artizans employed upon the Model of;
New- York, held on Wednesday evening last, John Evers, Esq., was ap-
pointed Chairman, and Chas. McDonald, Secretary. The following list
of nearly one hundred and fifty of those employed in the different depart-
ments of the work, was read by Mr. H. C. Hall, who has acted in tho
capacity of Treasurer and Book-keeper during the undertaking.

* Architectural Work and General Superintendence — By Mr. W. P. Withey.
"Platform of the Model — By Messrs. A. E. Moulthrop, E. Bishop, and Assistants.
"Surveying and Map Department — By Messrs. J. Murphy, R. Morrison, and As
istanls.

'•Modelling of Buildings — By Messrs. P. A. Edinger, R. Moloy. E. Brown, C. De-
marest, T. Barnes, R. Searche, M. L. Mann, J. B. Price W Price, C. Gulleu, W. Harris,
A Burnham. W. E. Shelden, G. Carroll, 0. G. Taylor, L. D. Bergo. J. I, Hunt, G.
Douglass, H. Merchint. J. White, C. Peterson, W. Griffith, J. Wilson, M. Swift, W. H.
Fairchild, and W. Thompson.

"Tubes— By Messrs. C. H. Julson, J. B. Hinton, A. P. Butler, and C. H. Lewis.

" Elevations, Depressions, and Wharves— By Mr. H. Stow.

" Fences — By Messrs. H. Murphy and T, A. Young.

''Steamboats — By Messrs. E. B Cunningham and S. B. Cunningham.

"Shipping — By Messrs. C. Davis, A. W. Hogg, T. Hogg, Jr.. and S. Hogg.

" Painting "F the Public Buildings, Steamboats. Shipping, &c. — By Messrs. E.
W. Jankson, J. Y. Brush, H. Rover, J. Wells, W. Davison, G. M. Gard .er, J. Ropes,
J. P. Taylor, and T. F. Gray.

'•Painting of the Private Buildings — By Messrs. J. W. Rover, A. Eiffe, A Miller,
M. Hurlhut. A. M. S nuntnn, J. Langsteiu, E. McAuley, M. A. McCauly, E. Bond, E.
Garev, J. King, S. Ward, Z. Martin. L. Martin, M. L. Moffat, S. J. Good, H. Good, P.
Harris, L. Guthrie, J. Guthrie. M. Guthrie, D. Moore. J. Wilkins, S. Weston, L. Brown-
lee, D. Stokes, and P. D. Coolican.

"Scenic Effects— By Messrs C. McDonald, E. Richmond, B. Clark. T. Shepherd. W-
F. Wbittinglon, C. G. Thompson, L. Nephew, J. Roche, M. Conroy, T. Griffiin, F.
Booth, Jr.. M. Lyons, and T. Dreasy.

"Inspection of the Modelling — By J. H. Plumb, F. B. Booth, and J. J. Palmer.

"Framk Work of the Canopy — By Messrs. P. Tiers, J. Crisp. H. L. Farnhain, J. S.
Clutterbuck, J. D. Cov., E. J. P.iill.ps, and J. Case.

"The Paintings of the Canopy — By Me.,srs. J. Evers. E. P. Barnes, E. C. Coates,
and J. H. Kimberlv.

■'Canvas f ir the Paintings — By Messrs. T. Kelly, S. N. Dodge, and E. Dechaux.

" Carvfd Ornamental Work— Bv Messrs. J. H. B. Jackson, J. D. Darlington. T. Mil-
lard, Jr., R. Gunning, W. Guuniug, J. Dully, W. Murphy, S. T. Cary, H. Tompkins, R.
Joseph, and S. Clark.

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" GitDlNG — By Messrs. J. IVTcPeake, II. Cunningham, and H. Scardenfteld.
"Ornamental Painting — By Messrs. T. T. Hogg, J. C. Wbitmore, S. A. Dodge, J.
Peck, and J. C. Hogle.

" Iron Frame Work— By Messrs. Cornell & Jackson.

''Drapery — By Messrs. Solomon & Hart.

"Lights and Glasses. — By Messrs. Benjamin Pike & Son.

"Book-Keeper and Treasurer — H. C. Halt,

•' Tii l. Whole— By E. Porter Belden.

"After the acceptance of this report, the following resolutions were
unanimously adopted :

" Resolved, That the thanks of this meeting be tendered to E. Porter
Belden, Esq., the constructor of the Model of New- York, for the liberality
of feeling, and the gentlemanly deportment exhibited towards us, in the
progress of this work.

" Resolved, That in this undertaking, which would have baffled the
efforts of almost any other man, he has evinced the taste of the artist, the
skill of the mathematician, and the energy, the patience, and the perse-
verance of the man of genius, and that he has achieved a triumph which
has justly immortalized his name.

" Resolved, That we will use our humble endeavors to promote the success
of this work, by testifying to its accuracy, its beauty, and its finish of
execution.

" Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be signed by its officers,
and submitted to the leading journals of the city for publication.

" The passage of these resolutions was accompanied by complimentary
remarks from several of the artists present, at the close of which, Mr.
Belden arose and addressed the meeting with some appropriate remarks,
returning his thanks to the artists engaged upon the work for this expres-
sion of their regard, and assuring them of the satisfaction he felt in having
congregated together a body of men so well calculated to carry out ideas,
which he might conceive, but which he could never have executed with-
out their assistance.

" The following resolution was then adopted :

" Resolved, That if this Model should be destroyed by fire, or other acci-
dent, while we are living, we will hold ourselves in readiness at a mo-
ment's warning to rally to the standard of Mr. Belden for its re-constiuc-
tion.

" At the close of the meeting, the following resolution was passed by those
engaged exclusively upon the Model :

" Resolved, That our thanks be presented to Messrs. Evers, Barnes and
Coates, for the splendid embellishments with which they have graced our
work in the views of the mercantile and manufacturing establishments,
represented upon the Canopy of the Model.

« JOHN EVERS, Chairman.

" Chas. McDonalp, Secretary."
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DESCRIPTION OF THE MODEL.

The Model of New- York is a piece of mechanism entirely different from
a map or painting. On an immense platform

ETery Object of the City* is Represented

In Carved Wood,

with its relative size, proportions and color, so that the Model

DIFFERS FROM THE ACTUAL CITT ONLY IN POINT OF SIZE.

So extensive and minute is the representation that

150 ARTISTS AND ARTISANS
were employed in its construction, and its cost exceeded

$20,000.

The Harbor and SuRRouNriNG Waters are represented with their ac-
customed Shipping, Packets leaving and entering the port, Steamers ply-
ing through the rivers, Tow-boats conducting the Barges and Canal-boats
up and down the North River, and indeed the whole Business and Com-
merce of New- York can be seen to better advantage by au hour's visit to
this Model, than by a week's inspection of the actual City and Harbor.
Over the whole Model is an

IMMENSE CANOPY
Of Carved and Ornamented Work, in Gothic Architecture, nearly
fifteen feet high. This Canopy is supported by twelve elaborately carved
columns, the bases of which rest at the sides and corners of the Model,
and is mounted with pinnacles forming compartments which contain a
collection of

NEARLY ONE HUNDRED OIL PAINTINGS,
representing the leading business establishments and places of NOTB

in the crrr.

These paintings were executed by the first artists, and, independent of
the Model, form a sufficient attraction for the admirers of the fine arts.
The Carved Work of the Canopy is most exquisitely executed and richly
decorated with

Gold and Brill-ant CoLORS.f

But we will turn our attention to the prominent objects of the work.

In the following description the visitor is supposed to commence the
examination of the Model at the South West corner, proceeding to the
north, and completing the circuit of the Model.

WEST SIDE.

1. The first object that meets our view, as we thus gaze upon the
liliputian city stretched before us, is the Battery, in all its loveliness of
verdure, reminding us of the time when " the old burghers would repair of

• For the minute details of the representation see post, p. 14.

f A description of the architectural plan of this Canopy had been written with a
view to publication. At the desire of the Editors of the Tribune, who were struck
with the novelty of its arrangement, and who were preparing an account of the
Model, the MS. was loaned to them : and they, with remarkable liberality made
it the basis of their description of this part of the work, in a lengthy article on the
Model published in their paper. July 13. 1846. a portion of which, but sufficiently
1 arge for the purpose, will be found on pages 21 and 2*2 of this pamphlet. It is there,
fore deemed unnecessary to repeat the description here.

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an afternoon to smoke their pipes under the shade of the branches, con-
templating the golden sun, as he gradually sunk in the west, an emblem
of that tranquil end toward which themselves were hastening; while the
young men and the damsels of the town would take many a moonlight
stroll among these favorite haunts, watching the chaste Cynthin tremble
along the calm bosom of the bay, or light up the white sail of some
gliding bark; and interchanging the honest vows of constant atlection."*

2. The semi-circular building situated on a mole, and connected with
the Battery by a bridge, is Castle Garden, erected in 1607 as a fortifica-
tion, but now used as a fashionable place of amusement.

3. Proceeding toithe north-east from the Battery in a perfectly straight
line, a distance of nearly 2 1-2 miles, is Broadway, the great thorough-
fare of New- York.

4. At the southern extremity of Broadway is the Bowling Green, an
ellipse, containing a fountain which can be seen playing upon the Model.

5. Opposite the Bowling Green, on the corner of Broadway adjoining
the Battery, is the House occupied by Sir Henry Clinton, now the resi-
dence of Andrew H. Mickle, Esq. Ex-Mayor of the city.

6. The lofty spire so prominent in this part of the Model, is that of
the costly Trinity Church, (Episc.) The model of this building is
composed of over 800 pieces of wood and metal.

7. Trinity Church stands at the head of Wall-street. The various
Banks and other edifices connected with the monetary and commercial
interests of the city, can be seen in various parts of the street.

8. The marble structure, with Ionic porticos, is the Custom House.

9. The magnificent Merchants' Exchange is a short distance below.

10. The blocks between the Merchants' Exchange and the Bowling
Green, were the scene of the fire of 1845, which destroyed more than
$7,000,000 of property

11. A short distance north of the Custom House, is the Post Office,
formerly the Middle Dutch Church, but now leased to the general govern-
ment. During the Revolution, the interior wood-work was destroyed by
the British, and the building used for military purposes. At one time it
contained 3,000 American prisoners

12. The next spire, as we proceed up Broadway, is that of St. Paul's
Church. This miniature building consists of over 1000 pieces.

13. Opposite St. Paul's Church is the American Museum, of marble.

14. The large granite structure adjoining St. Paul's, is the Astor House.

15. We have now reached the City Park, containing the City Hall in
the center, the New City Hall on the north side, and the Hall of Re-
cords and the Rotunda, the latter occupied by the offices of the Aims-
House Department, on the west side. The southern portion of the Park
is ornamented by a beautiful fountain represented upon the Model.

* W. Irving.

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16. The spire adjoining the Park, is that of Dr.Spring's Church.

17. Columbia College, embowered with trees, is now prominent.

18. St. Peter's Church, (R. Cath.,) of granite, is near the College.

19. The visitor cannot have proceeded thus far without often gazing at
the water-craft which crowds the docks of the North River. Here is an
Albany steamer leaving the pier on her upward trip. There a tow boat is
conducting half a score of barges to their destination. The whole river
teems with the activity of travel and trade.

20. Washington Market stands on the line of the river.

21. Beyond the Park is the terminus of the Harlem Rail Road. The
rails are seen upon the Model extending the whole length of the city, with
here and there cars leaving or entering the city.

22. Stewart's Marble Store is at the north corner of the Park.

23. Above Stewart's is the New-York Hospital, with its towering elms.

24. The spacious Broadway Tabernacle, (Cong.,) is nearly opposite.

25. The Society Library next presents its fa§ade of Ionic columns.

26. The Halls of Justice, comprising the City Prison and other build-
ings of Egyptian architecture, are seen beyond the last named edifice.
Tbey are known in popular parlance by the appellation of " the Tombs."

27. Above " the Tombs" are the Gas Works with their lofty chimneys

28. The New-Haven R. R. Depot is the marble building near the Gas
Works, on Canal-street. A train of cars is leaving the depot.

29. Center Market, with a cupola, is a few blocks above.

30. The beautiful inclosure near the visitor from the point he now oc-
cupies, is St. John's Park, in front of which is

31. St. John's Church, (Episc.,) with a lofty and graceful spire.

32. The blocks near the river are crowded with Lumber and Coal
Yards. The piles of boards and shingles are easily discerned on the
Model, while the heaps of coal consist of the natural article.

33. At the foot of Canal-street is the Clinton Market.

34. The old Country Seat of Aaron Burr is situated four blocks from
the river. It is easily discerned by its numerous trees.

35. Nearly in the center of the Model stands St. Patrick's Cathedral,
(R. Cath.,) a large building with two spires or turrets.

36. A short distance above appears St. Bartholomew's Church. (Ep.)

37. On the next corner stands the Lafayette Place Church. (D. Ref.)
3S. Near by is St. Thomas's Church, (Epis.,) with two towers.

39. We now come to Washington Square, facing which are two of
the most beautiful edifices in the city.

40. The New- York City University is the large Gothic structure.

41. Adjoining the University is Dr. Hutton's Church. (Dutch Ref.)

42. The portion of the city above Washington Square, is the location of
the most Fashionable Residences in the city. Some of the dwellings
are of costly magnificence.

43. The wide street which, without a deviation from a right line, runs

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from river to river, is Fourteenth-street. All the streets above this
run likewise across the island, and are numerically designated.

NORTH SIDE.

44. The prominent Church in 14th St., is that of the Annunciation.

45. Jefferson Market, with a watch tower and an alarm bell, ia a
short distance beyond.

46. One block east of the market are two churches of stone. The one
nearest the visitor is Dr. Ph lups's. (Pres.)

47. The other is the Church of the Ascension. (Epis.)

48. Dr. Potts's Church , (Pres.,) is one block still farther to the east.

49. The beautiful oval inclosure, with a fountain, in this part of the
Modei, is Union Place.

50. The Church op the Puritans adjoins Union Place.

51. Grace Church, the splendid edifice below, is one of the most
imposing structures in the city. The model of this building is a most
elaborate piece of workmanship: it contains over one thousand pieces; it
required five weeks to complete it, and cost over seventy-five dollars.

52. Madison Square s near the border of the Model.

53. All the streets running northerly in this portion of the city, are de-
nominated Avenues, with numerical adjuncts

54. In the Fourth Avenue, the first east of Madison Square, is the
Harlem Rail- Road. A train of cars is seen on the Model leaving the city.

55. The Telegraph Wires are seen in the same avenue, as likewise

56. Calvary Church, a grotesque building with two spires.

57. Gramercy Park is the small s uare near Calvary Church.

58. The beautiful edifice with turrets is the Free Academy.

59. The collection of buildings at the north-eastern corner of the Model,
belongs to the Aims-House Department. The name f Bellevue is ap-
plied to this location. The grounds formerly belonged to Lindley Murray.

east sid .

60. The stream on this side of the Model is the East River.

61. The first prominent object presenting itself, on turning the corner of
the Model, is Stuyvesant Square, in front of which is

62. St. George's Church, (Epis.,) a substantial edifice of stone.

63. St. Mark's Church, (Epis.,) surrounded by trees, is seen at some
distance below. In the adjoining grave yard rent the re nains of Peter
Stuyvesant, the last governor of New-Netherland A pear-tree planted
by his own hand is in the vicinity, and represented on the Model.

64. The Opera House, a sand stone building with pila?ters, is a few-
blocks beyond the last named church. Here was the scene of the recent
learful riot, in which twenty-three lives were list.

65. The Novelty Works, an extensive manufactory of steam engines
and other machinery, are situated on the East River

S6 Tompkins Square is :he large public ground before the visitor.

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67. The Ship-Yards, with vessels on the stocks in all stages of pro-
gress, are very conspicuous on the shores of the river.

68. A portion of Wallabout Bay is seen at the southern termination
of this side of the Model.

69. The Artificial Island formed by wharfing, and containing a depot
for coal, is connected with the Navy Yard.

70. A Portion of Brooklyn now comes in view ; but before entering
upon the description, we will turn the next corner of the Model.

SOUTH SIDE.

71. The Navy- Yard is now the great object of interest to the visitor.
The large ship-houses are seen near the water. The Naval Lyceum is the
building with pillars, on the main avenue. The Commodore's residence
stands on an elevation near the east wall of the Yard.

72. The first church on leaving the Navy Yard is Roman Catholic.

73. A second Roman Catholic Church appears a few rods beyond.

74. The church with a square tower is St. Ann's, (Epis).

75. Dr. Cox's Church stands on the high elevation near the water.

76. Brooklyn Hights, which terminate the portion of Brooklyn re-
presented on the Model, afford one of the most beautiful views in the vi-
cinity of New- York. The expansive sheet of water dotted with numerous
sails, with the emporium of commerce on the opposite shore, presents a
most interesting and imposing scene.

77. As our eyes again rest on the busy metropolis, we notice the Man-
sion of William B. Crosby, Esq., surrounded by trees, late the residence
of his father-in-law, Col. Rutgers, from whom Rutgers Institute and
Rutgers-street derive their names.

78. Db. Krebs's Church, of stone, with a square tower, next appears.

79. The floating Church of our Savior, (Epis.,) for seamen, with its
spire and turrets, is seen at the foot of Pike-street.

80. Not far distant is the Sectional Dock used for elevating vessels.

81. The Comjiercial Part of the City is now before the visitor.
These docks are crowded with vessels at all seasons of the year, and more
or less are always leaving and entering the port.

82. The marble edifice with a flagstaff, is the United States Hotel.

83. Fulton Market is situated on the river in the same vicinity.

84. Wall-9treet now again appears. The blocks immediately south
of this part of Wall-street were those destroyed by the great fire of 1835.
The loss was estimated at over $20,000,000.

85. The United States Revenue Boarding Oftice, with a tower, is
situated at the southern termination of the city.

We have now completed a casual examination of the Model, but, to do
justice to the work, thousands of other objects should be inspected. Over
five millions of objects are represented— certainly sufficient to present new
points of interest at each successive examination.

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Perhaps no stronger argument could be adduced in proof of the
the accuracy and beauty of the Model than the universal enthusi-
asm with which it has been received by the New York Press.

A few short extracts from the hundreds of encomums pronounced
upon it by the Reviews, Magazines, and the Daily and Weekly
Press of New York, are subjoined.

the well-known vessels and steamers in
the bay and rivers. Nothing now in
this city is better worth seeing ; and if
it is to be exhibited over the Union, it
will give people in distant places a per-
lect idea of the American Metropolis.
To see it to advantage, it must be stud-
ied minutely.

Knickerbocker Magazine, Aug. 1810.

Think of this entire metropolis, and
a part of Brooklyn, represented by the
individual street, lane, alley, house,
open lot, tree — every thing in short
which the city is and which it contains;
the whole perfect in its proportions, and
every part entirely correct in its scale !
It is truly a wonderful exhibition, and
reflects great credit upon its enterpris-
ing proprietor, E. Porter Belden, Esq.

Christian Parlor Mag. Sept. 1546.
Sights in the City. — In this great
metropolis ample provision is made for
the gratification of the tastes of the
curious of all characters, and no slight
effort is made to entrap the unwary
stranger and attract him where he would
not willingly and knowingly be found.
There are two places ot resort which
we think of at the moment, to which
we can with entire propriety invite the
citizen and the stranger who may have
an hour or two to appropriate in exam-
ining the wonders of art. » » « •
The other city sight, which is spoken
of with astonishment by all who have
seen it, is Belden's miniature of New
York city, in which every house, public
and private, every tree, post 4tc. is ac-
curately copied or carved in wood. —
Visiters at one glance can thus obtain a
perfect view of the whole city, and a
part of Brooklyn. It is a monument of
patient labor and curious art.

Knickerbocker. Sept. 1S18.
Looking the other day at Mr. Belden's
Model of New York, (that most faith-
ful 'picture in little' of our great me-
tropolis,) and admiring the admiiable
proportion which has been so accurate-
ly preserved in every feature of the
vast miniature city, we were irresistibly
led to think of Gulliver in Lilliput. In-
deed, it required nothing but a thousand
or two 1 humans' bustling through the
little streets lo have made the illusiou
complete .

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From the American Rev., Aug. 1*16.

The Model of the City of New
York. — Among the many happy pro-
ductions of the modem art of perspec-
tive drawing, we have always been
particularly interested in the aeroscopic
or bird's eye views of great cities. Lon-
don, Paris and Rome especially, taken
in this way, have been lo us particular
studies; and we may safelv say that
we have gained in one hour a better
knowledge of the physical aspect of
those '-places powerful acd eke re-
nowned,' than we have from reading
any books. But no such pictorial view,
however skillfully executed, can equal
in faithfulness and reality of impres-
sion the exhibition of a city in carved
blocks of wood, by which every street
and building, with all the docks and
water-craft shall be reproduced to the
eye, with an exact attention to propor-
tion. We do not know that we have
ever been more struck with any curious
work of art than with the " Model of
New York city," now on exhibition,
constructed by Mr. E. P. Belden. The
felicitous minuteness displayed in this
creation — for it is a creation — is wonder-
ful. The whole piece is constructed on
several compartments, which, united,
make a platform of nearly thirty feet
square. The city is thus represented
entire, together with all Brooklyn, and
the North and East rivers, with their
forests of masts and water-craft. Ev-
ery street is seen, no longer or wider
than it should be in comparison with
every other. Each budding, large or
small, whether the Astor House, the
University, or a sentry-box, is carved
out of a separate piece of wood, and
put in its place, with the exact color
and proportion that belong to it. —
Probibly not a man in the city but could
at once point out his own dwelling.
Some of the larger structures, as Trin-
ity and Grace churches, the City Hall,
the University, the Custom-House, and
Merchants' Exchange, are exquisitely
shaped and finished, and would fetch
high prices as models. The number of
separate pieces composing some of
them amount to several hundreds. —
Grace has over one thousand. So mi-
nute is the work, that the very awning-
posts are given, and ail the rigging on

From the N. Y. Jonr. of Commerce,
Feb. 7, 1846.
Model of New York. — A most in-
genious piece of mechanism has been
lor some time past in process ot con-
struction at No. 360 Broadway. It is
nothing less than an actual Model of
New York, — including every building,
street, wharf, park, tic. &c. In short,
it presents this great metropolis in min-
iature, to the eye, at one view, with its
innumerable objects all carved in wood,
according to their actual proportions
and relations to each other. The a-
mnunt of labor bestowed upon it, is
necessarily great.

From N. Y. Son, Feb. 1846.

It is no more nor less than a Model
of this entire city, representing its ev-
ery object. For enterprize arid perse-
verance, Mr. Belden cannot be beaten.
N. Y. Herald, Feb. 1846.

What an immense amount of labor
must be requisite, thus to present to the
eye a perfect miniature ot every object
iu this great metropolis.

N. Y. Express, Feb. 1846.
E. Porter Belden, Esq. the proprietor
of the Model of New Haven, now ex-
hibiting at the Granite Building, is con-
structing at 360 Broadway one of the
most remarkable pieces of mechanism
we have ever heard of. It is an actual
miniature in carved wood of this entire
city.

N. Y. Eve. Mirror, March 3d, 1846.

The work is supposed by many to be
merely continuous block lines running
along the sides of streets, representing
roofs and houses — a sort of birds-eye
view of the city. Such is not the case
— it is a perfect model of New York
(as high upas 32d street) and a portion
of Brooklyn, Governor's Island, &c. —
Every house in the city, with trees and
tenements appertaining thereto, will be
found in its proper place and represent-
ed correctly iu all respects — length,
breadth, height, color— even every win-
dow front and rear, chimnies &c.

IV. Y. Sun, March 11, 1846.

The long desired Model of this city,
is, we are happy to announce, now in
course of construction, and win be
shortly completed. It is to Mr. E. Por-
ter Belden, a gentleman of well known
ingenuity, and constructor of the cele-
brated Model of New Haven, Ct. that
the public will be indebted for this in-
teresting work. Every street, alley,

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lane, building, shed, or yard in this city
or Brooklyn will be faithfully represent-
ed and accurately put down. It will in
short be a perfect miniature of New
York — the Metropolis of America — the
fourth city in the world, and from its
name alone will attract more attention,
in this and the old country, than any-
thing of the kind ever exhibited. It
will be composed of carved wood, and
no pains or expense will be spared to
render it complete to the minutest par-
ticular. We heartily wish Mr. Belden
that success which he so justly merits.

N. Y. Sun, March 18, 1846.

What is this Model ol NewYork like ?
When will it be ready for exhibition ?
Questions like these are continually be-
ing put to us — We will therefore for the
benefit of our readers at large, endeavor
to give them the requisite information.
On a platform of nearly thirty feet
square, the artist has contrived to rep-
resent the whole city of New York and
part of Brooklyn, in carved wood, to-
gether with the shipping and steam-
boats, lying at the various wharves, so
as to convey a more accurate impres-
sion to the eye, than any painting could
possibly effect. Not only are the pub-
lic buildings, churches, &c. exact spec-
imens of architecture on a small scale,
but every inhabitant of New York will
be enabled to recognize his own dwell-
ing. In fact the whole expanse o
streets, lanes and houses, will lie
stretched out belore the visiter as it
would appear to a person viewing it
from a balloon — with this advantage —
that he will be spared the nervous feel-
ing incidental to an aeronautic expedi-
tion, and be enabled to view it from any
point he pleases. We shall recur to
this interesting subject in a few days
and review it more in detail.

N. Y. Sun, March 23, 1846.
Model of New York. — This splen-
did work, now construct ing by E. Porter
Belden, Esq. for magnitude of design,
exactness of detail and beauty of execu-
tion, surpasses anything hitherto pro-
duced. Every house taken singly, will
bear close examination, and every mer-
chant ship or steamboat, if placed in a
glass case, would be considered a fin-
ished specimen of skilful workmanship
and bear the scrutiny of the naval pro-
fession. Each distinct part would form
a beautiful picture. There is Trinity
Church with its magnificent gothic spire
— Grace Church with its light Norman
arched windows and rich tracery — our
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noble Exchange and Custom House —
ihe Cuy Hall and Gallery of Arts — the
vast and substantial Aslor House — old
Tammany, and Stewards elegant new
marble building i'l Broadway — Cottage
Place in the ninth ward, with its fairy
like piazzas to every story — and the
gloomy Egyptian Tombs. There are
the Novelty Iron Works with their
foundries and workshops, the yard filled
with miniature machinery — the numer-
ous lumber yards tilled with timber,
coal yards with piles of genuine Peach
Orchard and Liverpool, and the stone
yards with blocks of real granite and
marble. The Harle m railroad , with the
trains of baggage and passenger cars
are faithfully represented, and the dif-
ferent Parks and the beautiful Battery,
covered with groves of trees, rivalling
the verdant appearance of nature itself.
The particular form of every root and
chimney is complete, and the interior
buildings to the smallest shed and fence,
are duly attended to. There are the
churches, school houses, hotels and
nnrk. ;ts — lamp posts, liberty poles,
flag staffs, awning posts — nothing is
omitted. The splendid mansion and
the meanest shanty — each has its rep-
resentative in this magnificent and com-
prehensive model.

On the opposite side of the East river
is the Navy Yard with the men of war
lying moored — the city ot Brooklyn
stretching out into the bay — while the
water is covered with merchantmen and
smaller vessels, — the steamer Great
Britain, a perfect fac similie of that
gigantic steam ship— the North Caroli-
na" guard-ship, and 300 square rigged
vessels, lying at the different wharves,
with an innumerable number of smaller
craft. To crown all, the natural ap-
pearance of the marble, granite or brick
of which the buildings are composed,
combines to render the whole thing
unique of its kind. In a word it pre-
sents as exact a view of New York, as
the city itself would if viewed through
the inverted end of a tele>cope. In
conclusion we can but feel certain, that
this great undertaking of Mr. Belden
will be duly appreciated not only by the
citizens of this metropolis and the sis-
ter cities of our republic, but by the in-
habitants of those foreign countries, to
whose shores Mr. Belden may see fit
to transport the great city of the New
World ; and that it will be to him the
source of an ample fortune.

N. Y. Tribune, April 4, 1846.

Mojiel or New York. — Our readers

have already noticed that E. Porter
Belden, Ksq. proprietor of the Model of
New Haven, is constructing a Model of
the city of New York, in carved wood,
at 360 Broadway.

This we conceive to be one of the
greatest undertakings ever attempted.
The Model is constructed upon an im-
mense platform representing the ground
with all its natural elevations and de-
pressions, and the eye of the spectator
takes in at one view every object with
its relative size, proportions and color,
from the Battery to Bellevue Hospital.
Indeed it would seem as if by some
immense mechanical power, the whole
city had been compressed into smaller
limits, accurately preserving its outlines
and minutest traits .

This description seems almost incred-
ible, but it is not the least exaggerated
— at any rate the work is fast approach-
ing to completion, when every one will
have the opportunity of judging for
himself, whether his house is accurately
represented or not.

The steamboats and shipping which
are shewn at the fullest season, togeth-
er with the Navy Yard at Brooklyn and
the men of war lying at anchor, will add
to the interest of this stupendous spec-
imen of mechanical skill. Our readers
may easily conceive the snperior advan-
tages which a model possesses over a
painting, as in the latter although the
objects in the foreground are distinctly
portrayed, those in the back ground are
necessarily obscure ; while in viewing
the former, the spectator may choose
his own position and inspect it from all
parts of the compass as his own fancy
may dictate. Everything combines to
render this one of the most curious ex-
hibitions ever submitted to the public,
and we have no doubt it will meet with
extensive patronage.

H. Y. True Sun, April 16, 1846.

We understand that the proprietor of
this great work is now engaged in erect-
ing a splendid Canopy to overhang the
Model. This is a most beautiful speci-
men of gothic architecture, supported
on splendid columns, with carved pin-
nacles.

N. Y. Tribane, April IT, 1846.

The immense labor and great inge-
nuity displayed in the construction of
the Model of New York, is the theme of
admiration of all those persons, who
have been permitted to view this great
work while in progress. When com
pleted we question if it will not be re-
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cognized throughout the United States
Dy the soubriquet of New York Junior,
from the strong family likeness it bears
to its elder sister.

A better subject for a model could not
have been selected, as perhaps lhere is
no city in the world possessing the same
natural advantages of situation. It
presents with its surrounding scenery,
a line field for the display of the artist,
which Mr.Belden, with his natural tact,
has not failed to avail himself of to the
fullest extent.

From the " Commercial Article" ol
N. Y. Tribune, April 22, 1846.

We have frequently had occasion to
call the attention of the manufacturing
and trading community to the many ad-
vantages ot advertising, but it remained
for Mr. E. Porter Belden, the talented
proprietor of the splendid Model of this
city, which he has now nearly comple-
ted, to make the public exhibition of a
Work of art the vehicle ot advertise-
ments the most attractive and exten-
sive.

This Model, with its magnificent can-
opy, will be the greatest work of the
kind ever undertaken either in this
country or Europe, and, in its exhibi-
tion in all the important cities of both
Hemispheres, will be visited by thou-
sands ; and when we consider that im-
provements in our manufacture.'-, in the
modes of transit, and the removal of
restrictions on trade, will create demand
for many of our products and manufac-
tures hitherto unthought of as articles
of export, the importance to our manu-
facturers and traders of becoming known
throughout the whole civilized world,
cannot be overrated. We should wish
to give the world, in connection with
this miniature of our city, a proof of
our immense trade. A new era in com-
merce is commencing, and we hope that
that enterprise which has so honorably
marked the history of American trade,
will take advantage of this splendid op-
portunity which native talent presents
of seeking a market in every quarter of
the globe, thereby promoting the wealth
and happiness of our people, and taking
our high place among the great com-
mercial nations of the world.

N. Y. Eve. Post, April 23, 1946.

Model of New York.— E. Porter
Belden, Esq. who projected and execu-
ted the beautiful model of New Haven,
emboldened by his success, afterwards
planned a model of New York and its
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environs, to be carved in wood ; and
undismayed by the obstacles and diffi-
culties that so vast an undertaking
would naturally present, has, by in-
domitable perseverance and mechanical
skill, brought his labors nearly to a
close.

It is the most surprising and elabor-
ate piece of mechanism ever achieved.
The life like appearance of this minia-
ture city is so deceptive, that it requires
no very great stretch of the imagination
to fancy you hear the hum and buzz of
the dwellers within.

The spectator can not fail to be im-
pressed with the beauty of the public
buildings, churches &c, while the
dwelling houses, and even the interior
buildings, present the most finished ap-
pearance, and bear witness to the pa-
tient and sedulous attention of the pro-
prietor. Thousands are under the im-
pression that the model consists of a
number of rough and indistinct objects,
laid down in lines of streets, giving in
the aggregate, an idea of the general
appearance of the city. Little are
those persons aware of the actnal na-
ture of the work, or of the intense ap-
plication and mechanical skill, that has
been brought into play in consummating"
the result. During the last twelve
months, in fine or foul weather, the in-
defatigable employe's of Mr. Belden may
have been seen at their respective posts,
pencil in hand, surveying every street,
lane, or back alley, nook or corner, of
this great metropolis.

Every house or tenement, to the
smallest shed in the rear of the blocks,
has been modelled from sketches made
by good draughtsmen, and this, when
completed, has been subjected to the
rigid scrutiny of compeient persons. —
The manner in which every minute de-
tail has been managed is truly astonish-
ing— the particular pitch of the roofs,
and proportionate size of the doors,
windows, chimnies&c, are all preserv-
ed— even the lines of the brick work,
stone, or whatever the buildings are
composed of, is imitated.

Thns our fellow citizens cannot fail
to recognize their own dwellings and
other familiar objects, and the inhab-
itants of distant cities, by having this
beautiful miniature brought to their
firesides, will derive from it all the ad-
vantages of an actual visit to this great
metropolis, without incurring the ex-
penses and inconveniences attendant
upon a sojourn in a large city.

W. Y. Com. Advertiser, April 23, 1946

Model or New York. — We hav
visited with gratification this interest-
ing work of art, now approaching com-
pletion, by Mr. E. Poner Beiilen, at his
rooms 360 Broadway. The accuracy of
such parts of it as are finished is sur-
prising, and the magnitude of the whole
work much greater than we had imag-
ined, occupying an area of nearly 500
feet, and to be surmounted by a canopy,
decorated in the most florid gothic
style, which must present a noble and
imposing appearance.

Some idea may be formed of the
amount of capital and talent employed
in this undertaking lrom the fact, that
Dot only hare each building, out-house
and fence, but even doors and windows,
been actually drawn before being mod-
eled, and that when modeled a careful
comparison has been made with the
original, and any inaccuracy, even to
the position of a dormer window or
chimney, corrected ; so again, when
painted, even the shades of unpainted
brick work are required by Mr. lielden
to be perfect and are again examined
to ascertain that they are so

Upon the public buildings appear to
have been lavished skill and care in a
most extraordinary degree. Their pro-
portions, and the ornaments peculiar to
their different styles of architecture,
have been preserved as none but per-
sons combining architectural knowledge
and great ingenuity could have done —
But perhaps the most interesting fact
we could mention in connection with
the model of a great city is, that every
steamboat belonging tn this port is a
perfect miniature, made lrom actual
measurement and displaying the pecu-
liarities of construction observable in
each,nol even excepting the ferry boats ;
and that each of our noble packet ships
may be reccgnized by its perfect repre-
sentation, even to the ropes and spars,
not one of which is wanting

The great number of objects worthy
of remark in this Model are too numer-
ous for a single notice. We shall recur
to it again, but cannot close without ex-
pressiug our conviction that in under-
taking this, the greatest work ot the
kind ever attempted, Mr. Beldcn has
earned for himself the gratitude of ev-
ery New Yorker, as well as that pecu-
niary reward to which enterprise and
talent are entitled.

N. Y. Com. Adv'r, April 29, 1846.

The advantages to our business men,
not only in every locality of the United
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States but in all the principal cities of
Europe, must be manifold at a time
when increasing facilities of commu-
nication are rapidly abolishing distance
N. Y. Tribune, May 16, 1846.

It is to E. Porter Belden, Esq., the
talented proprietor of the Model of New
York, to whom the commercial and
trading interests of the community are
indebted for this valuable invention —
a gentleman who, in achieving one of
the most extensive and elaborate works
of art ever attempted, has immortal-
ized his name.

Mr. Belden is now constructing a
most splendid canopy of Gothic archi-
tecture, supported by elegant columns,
to surmount the platform on which the
City is represented. Ornamented pro-
fusely with gold and carved work, it
will be in itself a magnificent spectacle,
and second only in interest to the
Model.

N. Y. True Sun, May 16, 1846.

Old and young, of all grades, will
naturally crowd to see a perfect minia-
ture of that city, which, above all oth-
ers in the Union, has so excited their
curiosity — that city from whence they
receive the fashions, and the luxuries
so dearly prized in the South and Far
West.

N. Y. Eve. Mirror, May 19, 1846.

It is with mingled feelings of pride
and admiration, we take up the pen to
give a brief description of the magnifi-
cent model of our city, now nearly com-
pleted.

We have had an opportunity of seeing
a drawing of the canopy, which is now
being constructed to overhang the mod-
el. We cannot conceive a more beau-
tiful spectacle than this object will pre-
sent, when completed : and it will lorm
a very flattering testimonial to the taste
of the enterprising proprietor. No ex-
hibition that has ever been to the
southern and western cities, could pos-
sess such attractions for the inhabit-
ants, as a faithful delineation of New
York, the Metropolis of the Union, the
emporium of commerce and fashion,
and in fact the city of which all have
heard and longed to visit.

Y. Herald, May 26, 1846.

We yesterday visited the rooms of
Mr. E. P. Belden, 360 Broadway, to in-
spect a model of New York city and
Brooklyn, got up under his superinten-
dence. The plan covers an extent of
600 square feet, representing every

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street and avenue in the city, together
with the shipping in the river ; Brook-
lyn, with its navy yard, &c.&c. It is a
gigantic undertaking and is deserving of
patronage. Wnen finished, it will be
exhibited in this and other cities ol the
Union, and afterwards sent to Europe
for exhibition. It is a perfect model of
the city, every building being duly rep-
resented. There are jac simile models
of the steamboats and shipping, of
Brooklyn Heights, of the Parks, with
their tiny fountains bubbling up in the
midst. When completed, it will be the
most extensive thing of the kind in the
world. It will be open for exhibition in
a few days.

N. Y. Tribnne, July 2, 1846.

We have before noticed the beautiful
Model of New York, now being con-
structed at 380 Broadway, but now that
it approaches to completion we recur to
the subject with renewed pleasure. —
We have often heard the remark, "why
expend so much time and labor upon
minute details, when a rough sketch
would be sufficient to produce all the
desired effect V Now we consider that
in this particular the proprietor has ex-
hibited profound judgment, for the
thonghlful spectator may visit it again
and again, each time discovering new
beauties. What exquisite specimens of
skillful workmanship are the public
buildings ! and then the churches, so
highly and elaborately finisht d as to
bear examination through a magnifying
glass. Why the ladies would be de-
lighted to have them under glass shades,
as drawing-room ornaments.

We could easily imagine a person of
contemplative mind gazing upon the
vast city spread out belore him, until
the Model became reality. While
viewing Brooklyn Hights, recognizing
at each glance the villa of a friend, or
some beautiful and well known object,
his mind would become so absorbed
that the model would be forgotten, and
the identical scene would lie before him.
He would momentarily expect to hear
the bell at the South Ferry, and see the
Kerry boat glide out from the slip with
its tiny load of passengers.

We are happy to hear that the Mod-
el is completed, and the artists are now
busily engaged in ornamenting the
Canopy which will surmount the whole.
This promises to be a mosl magnificent
affair, and will be equally attractive as
the Model. More than 100 persons are
now employed upon the work and the

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most strenuous efforts are being made
to get the exhibition ready by Saturday
next — 4th July. Among the many
amusements provided for the public on
that day, none will be more interesting,
and at the same time more rational,
than a visit to the Model of the Great
Metropolis.

The proprietor deserves the thanks
and good wishes of the citizens of New
York for the truthful manner in which
he has portrayed our native oily, and
for the very correct idea of our vast
commerce which it will convey to the
dwellers In the far West, as well as to
the inhabitants of foreign countries.
Eve. Mirror, July 2, 1846.

This miniature model of the city is
wonderfully true to nature, and if it
v/ere only possible to introduce lights
into the tiny lamps, and the windows of
the houses, the illusion at night would
be perfect. It is certainly one of the
most gigantic projects ever conceived,
and has been executed with such atten-
tion to detail, that it will be viewed
with astonishment both in the United
States and Europe.

May success commensurate with the
enterprize, attend the proprietor, for a
more extraordinary and meritorious ex-
hibition has never before appeared in
this country, nor, we may safely say,
in any other.

True Sun, July 2, 1846.

Model of New York. — It is with
great pleasure we refer to this interest-
ing and prolific subject. We are happy
to announce, that the work is nearly
completed, every exertion being made
by the spirited proprietor to have the
Model ready for exhibition on the ap-
proaching anniversary of our indepen-
dence. Thus, in a space of little over
12 months, Mr. Belden will have suc-
ceeded in not only building a second
city of New York, but also vast fleets
of men of war and packet ships, and in
making exact duplicates of all the
steamboats belonging to this port down
to the smallest ferry boat. Truly, this
undertaking would bear compari-on
with the labors of Hercules. We may
safely predict an overflowing crowd of
visitors on that day, when the entire
population of the city are agog for
amusement.

N. Y. Tribune. July 4, 1846.

Completion of the Moiel of New
York. — It wil1 be seen by the adver-
tisement in another column that the
citizens of New York will at length be
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gratified by a view of this long expect-
ed work of art. Mr. Belden has en-
gaged the large hall of the Miuerva
Rooms, Broadway, and opens it for ex-
hibition this day. A visit to the Model
will lorm a delightful method of recre-
ation, and will atibrd to strangers an
excellent opportunity of obtaining a
correct idea of the wealth, commerce,
and vast extent of this Metropolis. —
The difficulties attending this undertak-
ing have been immense, but the native
industry and perseverance of the pro-
prietor have overcome all obstacles,
and this interesting work has been tri-
umphantly brought to a close.

This exhibition is eminently worthy
of patronage, and should be visited by
all who have the interest of their native
city at heart.

N. Y. True Sun, July 4, 1846.

At last we may announce to our read-
ers that '.he long* desired Model of New
York will be exhibited at the large hall
of the Minerva Rooms this present 4th
of July. We have had the pleasure of
viewing it in detached portions, while
in progress of construction, and we now
promise ourselves a rich treat in seeing
it again in a slate of completion. The
accuracy with which every minute ob-
ject is finished, is truly astounding, and
we are convinced that the public at
large are little aware of the immense
labor bestowed upon this work to render
it such a perfect far. simile of the city.
Nothing is omitted in the representa-
tion. The same attention and labor
have been expended on the humblest
shanty, as on the noblest mansion.

N. Y. Eve. Mirror, July 9, 1 846.

Openisg of th^ Model of New
York. — This magnificent exhibition
was thrown open tor public exhibition
on Saturday last, but in spile of the ex-
ertions of Mr. Belden and his numerous
corps of assistants to the number of 100,
this much desired object was not eflect-
ed until 5 o'clock, P. M., thus disap-
pointing numerous visitors who called
in the earlier part of the day. Yet,
notwithstanding the inclemency of the
weather, so great was the anxiety to
view this unique and wonderful work of
art, that the exhibition room was filled
with visiters until the closing hour of
10 o'clock. Many were the exclama-
tions of delight and astonishment elic-
ited from those present as they recog-
nised the houses and other objects so
familiar to them.

N. Y. Albion, Jnly 11, 1946.

Mr. Belden has completed his ardu-
ous undertaking to furnish a complete
model of this city and Brooklyn and it
is now exhibiting at the Minerva Rooms
Broadway. Some idea may be lormed
ot the care and labor expended on the
work when we state that about one
hundred artists have been employed in
its construction for a year past. Of its
fidelity and exquisite finish we can
speak with unequivocal praise — not the
minutest poims have been overlooked;
every building and object of interest
in this vast metropolis has been mod-
elled with an accuracy and finish of exe-
cution really surprising.

N. Y. Tribune, July 13, 1846.

Our City is Miniature. — We have
before noticed the completion of this
tremendous work of art, and referred
in general terms to the accuracy of the
representation. We now turn to some
of its astonishing details, which cannot
fail to interest those who are attached
to their native or adopted city.

Commencing at the southern end of
the platforn. on which the city is rep-
resented, we have the Battery with its
benches, its pallisading, its trees and
walks, whilst in the rear we observe the
different portio.s of the buildings along
State street, several of which our read-
ers will recollect have peculiarities of
construction which are represented with
astonishing accuracy. The look up
Broadway is highly interesting, because
every inhabitant of the city being ac-
quainted with its appearance, is pre-
pared to appreciate the view which the
Model presents ; but the full pleasure
will be received by those who inspect
it building by building, and so become
convinced ot its surpassing truth. The
minutest peculiarity of every building
is represented — even the monument of
Gen. Montgomery upon St.Paul's church
cau be seen.

Proceeding along the East River, we
come, one after the other, to the ferry
houses, and their ditierer.i boats are at
once recognized and distinguished ; but
having traced every store and ware-
house wish which we are acquainted as
far as Wall-street, let the visitor exam-
ine well this den ol money-changers, so
celebrated wherever commerce is
known. The chaste Ionic front of the
Merchant's Exchange, which we have
often heard professional foreigners say
is not surpassed in good taste by any
other building designed for a similar
purpose, is here in all its beautiful pro-

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portions. The Custom House with its
massive Doric porticos, and the host of
lesser ornamental fronts known to all,
8re there with so much fidelity to the
original that we are forced to under-
stand how so much money and time
have been expended upon this work,
and how infinitely more correct and
beautiful it is than any representation
of any kind ever before attempted.

From this and several other points
around the Model, the connoisseur in
church architecture may examine and
compare the claims to beauty of our
r^val spires — St. Paul's and St. John's
in the Roman, Trinity and Grace in the
Gothic styles. The slips and docks are
each one contending for our praise.
Any one of those packet ships or steam-
ers, correct even to the device upon her
figure-head or painting on her paddle-
box, would make an ornament for a
drawing-room table or the cabinet of
the man of science — the multitude of
them renders selection impossible.

We will visit it again, we know, with
increased pleasure, satisfied of the
truth of remarks made by men of sci-
ence and mechanical skill of this mini-
ature city, " that it requires knowledge
to appreciate what is there done — that
a day is requisite even to form an opin-
ion of its extern, and a month to exam-
ine its every detail — and that their
surprise is, that it was found possible
to complete it in a much longer period
than a year." That these remarks are
justified by the facts, let the most igno-
rant notice that every lamp- post and
awning in the city is truly represented,
as well as every tree of its own kind
and hight, and on its own exact situa-
tion ; and remember, that alter all these
were completed, every block in the
city was examined in reference to these
particulars.

From the design considered archi-
tecturally to the minutest Gothic orna-
ment, everything is in the purest taste.
The Canopy is supported on twelve colu-
mns, having pendant from their rich anil
gilded capitals, golden acorns, and the
shafts enriched with oak leaves and
acorns The architraves are enriched
with running vines in gold and white,
from which spring, in the centre and at
the angles, Gothic arches containing the
larger views, and between them, on
each side of the center, four smaller
compartments with raking cornices,
having underneath pierced and moulded
barge boards which, with the lower an-
gles and arches, spring from varied and

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beautiful gold bosses. Over all is beau
tiful crocket foliage terminating in
finales, also of gold. In the four angles
arc ingeniously contrived spaces from
which are issuing carved eagles holding
in their talons the national flag. The
whole canopy presents a most gorgeous
appearance, and combines with the
Model to produce a work of art which
bears testimony to the genius of Mr.
Belden, its talented projector and pro-
prietor— a work which will astonish the
world.

In almost no other country would
such an amount of capital and talent
be lavished in such an undertaking, and
we cannot regard it as any other than
a national one.

Eve. Post, July 17, 1846.

Model of New York — The most
interesting exhibition which has been in
our city lor a long time is undoubtedly
Mr. Belden's great Model. The num-
bers that are thronging to see it prove
that we judged correctly of its success
whilst in progress. Nor can it be sur-
prising that great interest should attach
to a work of art of such magnitude, and
upon which so much talent has been
employed — our own city being the sub-
ject, and from which so many strangers
and foreigners will form their opinions,
not only of the city, but of us, it being
the proprietor's intention to exhibit it
over the whole civilized world.

Our friends should not let slip the
present opportunity of seeing this, the
only perfect model of an entire city
ever constructed, and which is the re-
sult of that American enterprize and
talent which has already made us rivals
in the useful arts and sciences of the
greatest countries in the world.

N. Y. Herald, July s>0, 1816.
Model of New York. — We, with
pleasure, award our meed of praise to
the originator and executor of this won-
derful work. He, by the labor of
months, has condensed the work of cen-
turies, as exhibited by the accurate rep-
resentation of New York in miniature.
Mr. Belden has achieved a triumph
which reflects equ'il credit upon his
inventive genius and the perfect skill he
has displayed in correctly portraying
the beauties of this commercial city.
Every public edifice or decoration, pri-
vate building, tree, shed, or park — the
steamboats at our wharves, our nuble
packet ships, pilot boats and yachts —
the navy yard ai Brooklyn with its ap-
purtenauces of houses, shops, docks,

and ships ; each and all can be viewed
as through an inverted telescope. One
may view at his leisure the architecture
of our different churches, the winding
of our streets, the thousand and one ob-
jects, which to see in reality would con-
sume the time of weeks, but in the
Model, accurately and beautifully fin-
ished, he has at once a view of the
whole. As a work of patience, of ge-
niusand of perfectiou, it should be visit-
ed by every dweller and stranger in the
city. The citizens of our great metrop-
olis owe a debt of gratitude to Mr. Bel-
den which we hope will be cheerfully
and liberally paid.

Com. Adv'r, July 22, 1S46.
The Model of New York, now on
exhibition at the Minerva Rooms, af-
fords an excellent opportunity to our
citizens of viewing their native city,
accurately delineated, with its noble
packet ships and steamboats, the neigh-
boring city of Brooklyn and the navy
yard. The minutest objects are repre-
sented, and on viewing it through line
achromatic glasses which are furnished
to the visitors by the gentlemen in at-
tendance, the illusion becomes so per-
fect, th.it the far famed city of Gotham
in all its fair proportions seems to be
transferred to the platform on which
the spectator is gazing.

By no other means is it possible to
embrace at a single coup d'ttil the whole
city and surrounding waters, or to form
so correct an idea of the vast extent of
the metropolis, the natural beauty of its
situation, and the immense commercial
advantages it enjoys. We can easily
conceive what an effect such a beautif ul
fac simile of our city will have upon the
minds of foreigners.

N\ Y. San, July 24, 1846.
Belden's Mimatcre of New York.
— Who has not read with delight
Washington Ir.ing's description of the
island of Manhatten, and revelled in his
delicious picture of the Battery, on a
summer's afternoon, covered with
groups of snug burghers, their comely
wives and lovely daughters ? This sun-
ny picture of our city, by one of ils
most talented sons, may be realized
and enjoyed by paying a visit to the
Model of New York, now on exhibition
at the Minerva Rooms, 406 Broadway.

Here, the merchant, after the toils of
the day, can amuse himself, con amore,
with the great commercial mart spread
out before him, the noble packet ships
entering the port freighted with the

wealth of distant climes. Here too,
the stranger can, at one bird's eye view,
satisfy his curiosity with regard to the
•xtent and opulence of our great Me-
tropolis. No class of our citizens, from
the legislator to the artizan, can fail to
be benefitted by a visit to this stupen-
dous work of art.

The talented proprietor has certainly
produced a work which, without any
compliment, deserves to be patronized
by all who feel a desire to see their na-
tive city set forth to the best advantage
in the eyes of foreign nations. We
would suggest to the heads of families,
that a belter opportunity could not pre-
sent itself, of affording to the rising
generation a means of recreation, not
only interesting, but highly instructive.
Cou'r and Enquirer, July 25, 1S16.
Model of New York. — A visit to
this beautiful and ingenious specimen
of workmanship, which is now exhibit-
ing at the Minerva Rooms, will surprise
and delight every one. It is really one
of the most novel and extraordinary
specimens of patient and faithful la-
bor we have ever seen, and some idea
may be formed of its extent when we
stale that it embraces this entire city
from the Batteryto the 32d st. with a
fidelity perfectly startling. Every
house, every shed, every tree is faith-
fully piesemed, s that a resident can
without a moments hesitation point at
once to his own dwelling. All the
churches, hotels, public buildings, ferry
landings, are there ; in fact nothing is
omitted, even to the color of the houses.
Strangers should not tail of seeing this
really beautiful piece of workmanship,
as it will give them a fair idea of New
York as it is. It is a great pity Mr.
Belden, the enterprising proprietor,
could not procure a model of New York
as it was forty years ago, to place by
the side of this one. The contrast
would speak volumes for the enterprize
of New Yorkers.

A greater portion of Brooklyn, the
Navy Yard, &c.is also represented with
the same scrupulous accuracy, and al-
together the exhibition is one which
deserves, as we are glad to know it
receives, most liberal encouragement.
Eve. Mirror, July 29, 1*40.
Beldes's Model. — Some idea may
be formed of the amount of labor ex-
pended by Mr. Beld.n upon his great
Model of New York, from the fact that
many of the public buildings have more
than 500 pieces each in them ; and, al-

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though miniatures of small size, have
perfectly formed not only the doors, win-
dows and chimnies, hut also rhe cornices,
plynths, columns, capitals, bases, and all
the other architectural details which are
to be found upon the originals.

N.T* Daily Globe, July 18,1846.

Model of the City of New-York.
—From the accounts of our friends we
h&d anticipated considerable pleasure
from a visit to this miniature of the city,
but we were by no means prepared lor
the treat which awaited us. We expec-
ted to have seen a general representation
of it but we found a degree of accuracy
truly astonishing — descending to most or-
dinary matters — even the lamp-posts and
the awnings are truly placed. We can
recognize at the first glance our favorite
steamboats and distinguish the packet
ships at the wharfs and on the rivers, of
which our merchants are so justly proud ;
the ditferent ferry boats, with their houses
and bridges, are so perfectly correct that
those best acquainted with them will
most appreciate their accuracy; indeed,
we were puzzled, in the hour we had to
spend at the Minerva Rooms, what most
to admire, the elegant design and rich fi-
nish of the canopy, witii the admirably
executed views in the compartments, the
noble appearance of the Model when
viewed »s a whole, or the accuracy and
nigh finish of its parts when examined in
detail, &c.

N. Y. Eve. Post, July 30, 1 846.

The Great Model of New- York.
— This interesting, artistic and mechani-
cal work is attracting crowds of visiters
to the Minerva Rooms, 406 Broadway,
and we think deservedly. Its immense
extent, 24 by 20 feet, and the great nurn-
Der of objects represented, amounting in
number to many millions, make it alto-
gether the greatest piece of carving ever
attempted ; and its extent is second to
the beauty of its execution.

N. T> Spectator, Aug. 7, 1846.

Visitors continue to flock to, and be de-
lighted with the great Model of the Em-
pire City. # ♦ ♦ An exhibition where

tastes eo varied, yet so elevated, can oil

be fully indulged, is not often met with*
And, by the way. tu Iking of admiring the
the public buildings, we regret to learn
that somebody so much admired ihe City
Hall that he put it in his pocket, probably
to shew it to his wife and daughters. —
Surely he will return it; had the city fa-
thers been inside it would have been
brought back after the first day's supper
hour.

N. Y. Herald, Aug. 8, 1846.

Model of New-York. — We yester-
day paid another visit to this work, and
the more we view it the more do we ad-
mire the design which conceived and the
patience which executed in such an accu-
rate manner, the Model of our city. Not
one of the thousands of our citizens who
have examined the Model, but has been
enabled to discover his own domicile.
By the bye, who stole the City Hall ?

Situ, Sell. Monitor, Sfpt. 1840.

We know of no place where the young
or the old could spend an hour more pro-
fitably than at this exhibition.

Golden Rule and Odd Fellows'
Family Companion, Oct. 17, 1846

The Model of New- York, at the Miner-
va Rooms, 40G Broadway, is certainly an
extraordinary specimen of ingenuity and
patient industry. Every house in the
city is distinctly shown, so as instantly to
be recognized by its occupant. Strangers
will get more knowledge of our city in
fifteen minutes, from the miniature re-
presentation of it, than they could other-
wise obtain in as any weeks.

Youth's Cabinet, Nov. 1846.

The faithfulness with which every
building not only, but every brick in each
building, has been represented, seems al
most like a work of enchantment. The
work is far more perfect and life-like
than a painting could be. * * * No
wonder the mind of the editor of the
Knickerbocker Magazine wanderedwhile
he was viewing this ingenious work of
art. to Gulliver's description of matters
and things ia LillipuU

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